Question - 1998 Collector's Choice 5x7 Jumbos

Howdy all,

I found myself unsure of the following; regarding the 1998 Collector's Choice jumbo cards, what is the difference between the Cover Glory Jumbos and the retail Jumbos (of which the the first 8 cover glory cards are included)? According to some research, seems UD made a set of Cover Glory 5x7 jumbo cards, available through wrapper redemption only. It also appears UD made some retail exclusive 5x7 jumbos, inserted into blaster boxes. Seems some Cover Glory cards made it into both checklists. Is there a noticeable difference to distinguish the two from one another? Any help/guidance would be much appreciated!!

Here is the checklist of cards that seemingly have two copies. Perhaps player collectors may know? Thanks in advance guys!

I have both the Cover Glory and base card 5x7s for Frank; CG is #8 and the base jumbo is the standard pack issued #60. I really don't know where the jumbo base cards are from though.

Yeah, it seems to be a tad confusing. Here is a excerpt from baseballpedia;

Jumbos
Cover Glory 5X7
This over-sized set partially parallels the "Cover Glory" Series One subset (cards 1-10). The set was available exclusively from Upper Deck via a wrapper redemption offer.

Golden Jubilee 5X7
This over-sized set partially parallels the "Golden Jubillee" Series Two subset (cards 271-279). The set was available exclusively from Upper Deck via a wrapper redemption offer.

Retail-Exclusive 5X7 Jumbos
These cards were randomly inserted into Series One and Series Two Blaster boxes. 33 cards (including some from the StarQuest insert) were in Series One Blasters, but only ten in Series Two.

So, by my understanding of this, there would be a total of 3 Frank Thomas jumbo cards;
1. Cover Glory 5x7 from the wrapper redemptions (assuming it would be #8)
2. Retail exclusive 5x7 from retail blaster boxes, card #8 (assuming this would be the second version/release of the cover glory card, in addition to the one above through wrapper redemption)
3. Retail exclusive 5x7 from retail blaster boxes, card #60 (which would just be a jumbo of his base card)

So I don't know if there is a difference between the first two cards I listed here, or are they simply identical ways to obtain the same cover glory jumbo? Or are they two separate cards, both jumbos of the cover glory card #8, but distinguishable by some sort of difference (maybe a hologram on the back or something similar).

For me personally, I have yet to find two versions (at least, where I was able to tell a difference) of the McGwire cover glory jumbo card #5. Ugh, so the search continues....albeit, not exactly sure what I am searching for, nor do I know if there are in fact two versions.